CVE-2006-0223

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Shanghai TopCMM 123 Flash Chat Server Software 5.1 allows attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the server via ".." (dot dot) sequences in the username field.

Affected products

Topcmm Computing 123 Flash Chat Server: 5.0, 5.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18455
http://www.123flashchat.com/flash-chat-server-v512.html
http://www.osvdb.org/22440
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16235
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0198
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24137
http://secunia.com/advisories/18455
http://www.123flashchat.com/flash-chat-server-v512.html
http://www.osvdb.org/22440
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16235
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0198
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24137

Get alerted when CVE-2006-0223 or the next vulnerability affects your stack